North Cove Nature Reserve facts for kids
Quick facts for kids North Cove |
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| Type | Nature reserve |
| Location | Beccles, Suffolk |
| OS grid | TM471905 |
| Area | 15.5 hectares |
| Managed by | Suffolk Wildlife Trust |
North Cove is a 15.5 hectare nature reserve between Beccles and Lowestoft in Suffolk. It is managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust. t is part of the Barnby Broad and Marshes Site of Special Scientific Interest the Broadland Ramsar internationally important wetland site, the Broadland Special Protection Area under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds, and The Broads Special Area of Conservation.
The site has wet woodland, grazing marsh, ponds and dykes. There are birds such as sparrowhawks, woodcocks, redpolls, siskins and the three species of woodpecker. Flora include opposite-leaved golden-saxifrage, bog pimpernel and the nationally scarce marsh fern.
There is access from a footpath between Barnby and the Angles Way.
